How Red Dead Redemption 2 Could Reinvent the Old West

In the most classical Cowboys and Indians-kind of ways, the American frontier has been used as the canvas for literature and film since each has had breadth to embrace the era and its infinitely contested lands. But the dust-mottled landscape of violence, thieves, and legends that remain ever so familiar in other media has been implemented surprisingly little in the gaming medium. So when Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar's spur-saddled, 2010 magnum opus hit, it immediately impressed both the gaming press and consumers alike, garnering unanimous high praise and quickly becoming as viable in sales as Rockstar's flagship Grand Theft Auto series. RDR took the industry by storm with a well written, expertly paced, and massively open world. With such a high bar set by the first installment, how can a sequel possibly meet fans' expectations, let alone exceed them? Like the first game so cleverly ingested much of what has been utilized before, much can be gleaned from investigating the genre's storied past in celluloid, on page, and in real life.

yeah, I try not to worry about it too much anymore. Seems that lately there's some more PC gamers on this site than used to be so that's fine with me. Anyway, I wanted RDR on PC so bad mainly because of the potential of mod support. Mod's for RDR would've been awesome. I just hope that Rockstar, firstly makes a PC version of RDR2, makes a better port than GTA4.

It's too bad the gameplay can't be more like Elder Scrolls. Not entirely because there are flaws in that series, too. It's just the whole Rockstar formula for doing missions and fighting bad guys is too arcadey if you ask me. I'd prefer to fight a gang of thugs that consists of 5 bandits that act intelligent than 30 guys bandits that are dumber than my horse.

Hunting needs to be more realistic, also. Shooting a flying bird with a rifle is hardly realisic. Or chasing a deer down with a horse instead of stalking it. Would love to see upland gamebirds, like quail and pheasants, introduced as well.